nested array 4

test/associative.test.bash

@@ -1,33 +1,65 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env miaou-bash
 
-# declare -a normal
-# declare -n ref1=normal
-# ref1+=(5)
-# ref1+=(9)
-# ref1+=(10)
-# declare -p normal
-# declare -p ref1
-# for i in "${ref1[@]}"; do echo "-> $i"; done
-
 function array_new {
   ref_name="$1"
   shift
-  [[ -v nested_count ]] && ((++nested_count)) || nested_count=1
-  nested_name="_nested_$nested_count"
+  [[ -v nested_count ]] && ((nested_count++)) || nested_count=1
+  nested_name="nested_$nested_count"
   declare -ga "$nested_name"
   declare -gn "$ref_name"="$nested_name"
-  declare -n internal="$nested_name"
+  local -n internal="$nested_name"
   internal+=("$@")
 }
 
 function array_inspect {
-  declare -n ref="$1"
-  echo "array '$1' contains ${#ref[@]} elements"
-  for i in "${ref[@]}"; do echo "-> $i"; done
-  echo -----
+  local -n ref="$1"
+  prefix="${2:-}"
+  echo "${prefix}array '$1' contains ${#ref[@]} elements"
+  local i
+  for i in "${ref[@]}"; do echo "${prefix}-> $i"; done
+  echo "${prefix}----"
 }
 
-array_new mine1 'toto est fluo' 0
-array_inspect mine1
-mine1+=("B C D" "E")
-array_inspect mine1
+function nested_new {
+  ref_name="$1"
+  shift
+  [[ -v nested_count ]] && ((nested_count++)) || nested_count=1
+  nested_name="nested_$nested_count"
+  declare -gA "$nested_name"
+  declare -gn "$ref_name"="$nested_name"
+  local -n internal="$nested_name"
+  internal['TYPE']='NESTED_ARRAY'
+  # internal['VALUES']=("$@")
+}
+
+function nested_inspect {
+  local -n internal=$1
+  [[ "${internal['TYPE']}" != 'NESTED_ARRAY' ]] && >&2 echo "expected nested array: $1" && return 1
+
+  count=${#internal[@]}
+  count=$((count - 1))
+  echo "nested '$1' contains $count arrays"
+  local i
+  for ((i = 0; i < count; i++)); do
+    array_inspect "${internal[$i]}" "  =>  "
+  done
+  echo ----
+  # ${!internal[@]}; do echo "${key}, ${internal[${key}]}"; done
+}
+
+array_new mine1 'Albert' 20
+array_new mine2 'Bob' 24
+array_new mine3 'Cobra' 31 true
+# array_inspect mine1
+# array_inspect mine2
+# array_inspect mine3 "  =>  "
+
+declare -A nested
+nested['TYPE']='NESTED_ARRAY'
+nested[0]=mine1
+nested[1]=mine2
+nested[2]=mine3
+nested_inspect nested
+
+nested_new nested1 mine1 mine2 mine3
+# nested_inspect nested1